1996 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

The 1996 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 10 through 11. The top two regular season finishers of each of the league's two divisions met in the double-elimination tournament held at Riddle–Pace Field on the campus of Troy State University in Troy, Alabama. Northeastern Illinois won the tournament for the first time.[2]

1996 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNortheastern Illinois (1st title)
Winning coachJim Hawrysko (1st title)
MVPMatt Dunne (Northeastern Illinois)
1996 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Troy State  x 1620 .88941130 .759
Pace   10100 .50020280 .417
Youngstown State   10100 .50020250 .444
NYIT   8120 .40020250 .444
C.W. Post   7110 .38915241 .388
Central Connecticut   7130 .35017251 .407
West
Eastern Illinois  x 1530 .83324220 .522
Northeastern Illinois  y 12120 .50031290 .517
Valparaiso   9110 .45018290 .383
Western Illinois   9130 .40914270 .341
Chicago State   7130 .35020281 .418
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament.

East Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Troy State162.8891E
Pace1010.50072E
Youngstown State1010.5007
NYIT812.4009
C.W. Post711.3899
Central Connecticut713.35010
West Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Eastern Illinois153.8331W
Northeastern Illinois1212.50062W
Valparaiso911.4507
Western Illinois913.4098
Chicago State713.3509

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1ETroy State7
2WNortheastern Illinois8
2WNortheastern Illinois14
2EPace5
1WEastern Illinois1
2EPace5
2WNortheastern Illinois3
1ETroy State0
Lower round 1Lower final
2EPace6
1ETroy State91ETroy State12
1WEastern Illinois5

Game-by-game results

GameWinnerScoreLoserComment
1(2E) Pace5–1(1W) Eastern Illinois
2(2W) Northeastern Illinois8–7(1E) Troy State
3(1E) Troy State9–5(1W) Eastern IllinoisEastern Illinois eliminated
4(2W) Northeastern Illinois14–5(2E) Pace
5(1E) Troy State12–6(2E) PacePace eliminated
6(2W) Northeastern Illinois3–0(1E) Troy StateNortheastern Illinois wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Peter BezerediTroy
Rob BruceNortheastern Illinois
Frank ChibbaroPace
Phil CicconePace
Chad DubéTroy
Matt DunneNortheastern Illinois
Scott D’OttavioPace
Jim JasperNortheastern Illinois
Bob KostuchNortheastern Illinois
Matt MajcherekNortheastern Illinois
Tom PanzicaNortheastern Illinois
Josh ZinkEastern Illinois

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Matt Dunne of Northeastern Illinois was named Tournament MVP.

References

  1. 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
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